Reno Venturi
Reno Venturi is a Producer/Director, Casting Director, CEO of the Actors Gym, VP of Tripeg Film Studios, and Acting Coach who has many professional credits to his name.
Reno has directed many award-winning shows such as Gypsy, Cabaret, Nuts and Brighton Beach Memoirs, to name a few. His performances include productions of Man of La Mancha, The Fantasticks, 1940's Radio Show, and The Diaries of Adam and Eve that were staged in venues throughout California, Missouri, Boston, Maine, Florida, Connecticut, and New York.
In addition to Reno's stage credits, he has many acting and directing credits including national and regional commercials, TV, films and Indie project films including the Sundance Film Festival. He has taught acting for Yale University, Sacred Heart University, UCLA, New England Academy of Theatre, and High Desert Talent Agency as well as for other schools and colleges in California, Connecticut and New York.
Reno has directed and Produced the "Short & NEAT One-Act Play Festival,” which has been a staple of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas since 2000. Previously, the Artistic Managing Director of the New England Academy of Theatre, he now owns and operates his own acting, producing and talent company, the Actors Gym in Hamden, Conn.
For the past 11 years, Reno has been working as a casting director for several productions including Nikon, NutriSystems, Lexus, AT&T, Delta, Mitsubishi, “Firefly Jar” and “Mishaps” and several soaps. He has been responsible for finding acting jobs for aspiring new talent on shows such as 30 Rock, Boardwalk Empire, and I Hate You Dad and On and Off Broadway. Most recently the role of Jane Banks in Mary Poppins on Broadway was given to one of his younger actors from the Actors Gym.
He currently has a very successful show he directed on tour, Nipples To The Wind.
The New York Times praised Reno for the work he has been doing with actors calling him “a force to be reckoned with” and citing “whatever he is doing at the Actors Gym he is doing right!”
